Carlton Supporters Club

OK, thanks for explaining.

You writing that triggered something in the back of my brain which may or may not be true.
Is it possible that the reason South Melbourne were not invited back because there was a lot of trouble with those fans?
Were they the black sheep of the group (The Port Bogan equivalents - or even Adelaide fans when they noticed a victorian license plate in the car park so they spat all over it....only to later realise it was their new coach - soon to be dual premiership winning coach - Malcolm Blight!)

I may be thinking of something else, but for some reason my brain is telling me you were not invited back because you were not welcome back because of the grief you brought.

That’s nice Thry but they didnt want thuggery, hooliganism and old ethic tensions from Europe here in Australia, but you overlook that bit.

They stopped the UK crowds throwing darts, it's pretty hard to believe the authorities couldn't stop the flares if they wanted to!

That’s nice Thry but they didnt want thuggery, hooliganism and old ethic tensions from Europe here in Australia, but you overlook that bit.

What kind of arsehole would turn his back on the ground so he could throw a dart into the crowd facing him?

The flights tend to apply a lot of drag relative to the dart size and mass, I think the world record for a bullseye is only about 10m.

Here’s the photo I mentioned:
https://twitter.com/MotherSoccerNL/status/685439305221828608/photo/1

Darts were an important pastime in the mess during my time in the army.  To change things up, we’d often finish games from 10m.  One of my comrades would regularly score bulls from that range.  🙂

Yes, all clubs were required to ditch their ethnic affiliations in the hope that the tensions that often arose at games would dissipate.

As I’ve mentioned before, my late brother was a police officer and, as a young constable, was often on duty at footy and soccer matches.  He loved working at the footy as there was rarely any trouble and he was virtually being paid to watch the game.  Soccer duty was different; he had to earn his money and regularly had to defend himself from “supporters”.

The other thing about South Melbourne FC is that they were in voluntary administration and didn’t apply for a spot in the new league. Perhaps that financial/administrative hiccup has affected their subsequent applications.  Despite that, there’s no doubt that they are one of Australia’s most successful sporting clubs.

That’s nice Thry but they didnt want thuggery, hooliganism and old ethic tensions from Europe here in Australia, but you overlook that bit.

My understanding is that if that happened in official competition it would make him the official world record holder by some margin!

I know this to be a fabrication of events for a fact.  South Melbourne did apply and were denied a license on 3 seperate occasions, including financial backing from a party I wont name.